Citation

Hamilton K, Hasney L, Cohn T, Posnak JP. J. Community Health Nurs. 2022; 39(4): 213-226.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07370016.2022.2073791

PMID

36189944

Abstract

PURPOSE Identification of disparity in preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescription by demographic group.Design Exploratory descriptive study.

METHODS Secondary data analysis of 1114 patients who received PrEP from Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) between 2017 and 2020.

FINDINGS Persons of Asian racial-identity had a higher mean PrEP prescription than the other racial groups. Persons over 30 had a higher mean PrEP prescription than those 18-29.

CONCLUSIONS Discrepancy of PrEP prescription reveals opportunities to improve PrEP delivery.Clinical Evidence Providers of PrEP delivery and community health nurses can enhance delivery by better electronic medical charting regarding PrEP discussion and nonadherence.

Language: en

Keywords

age; demographics; ethnicity; gender identity; preexposure prophylaxis; race; secondary data analysis; sex assigned at birth; sexual orientatiton